METHOD FOR DISPLAYING MARKER IN A MAP SERVICE

• US 20150161167A1
• Filed: 02/12/2015
• Published: 06/11/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: SUNG, Joo-Il, JEON, Han-Kyung, AHN, Chan-Su, OH, Young-Il, YOON, Je-Sang
• Application Number:
  US14/620,561
• Publication Number:
  US 20150161167A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/007 using computer methods
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/10 Map spot or coordinate position indicators; Map reading aids optical projection apparatus per se G03B

Abstract

A method for displaying a marker in a map service is provided. In the method, a plurality of markers each representing information are displayed differentially in a propagation range set according to importance of a user in the map service, and when the plurality of markers are displayed overlapped, only a marker representing information of greatest importance is displayed.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining a user'"'"'s profile;

setting a weight to information to be provided corresponding to the user'"'"'s profile; and

displaying on a map, one or more markers representative of the information to be provided based on the weight.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more markers are differentially displayed based on at least one of the user'"'"'s current distance from the marker or the user'"'"'s details.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the weight is updated in real time according to one or more changes to at least one of a class of a user that provides the information to be provided in a subscribed service, responsiveness to the information to be provided, a last update of the information to be provided, an expiration time of the information to be provided, or user'"'"'s profile.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the user'"'"'s profile comprise at least one of the user'"'"'s name, identifier, gender, height, age, nickname, education level, tastes, preferences, or interests.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein one or more markers of the same weight are displayed differentially according to a distance between a current location of the user in the map and a location of the markers in the map.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the one or more markers are displayed differentially in at least one of size, color, shape, and transparency.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein, if a plurality of neighboring markers are displayed overlapped, the plurality of neighboring markers are displayed differentially in at least one of size, color, shape and transparency.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein only a marker representing information of greatest weight is displayed.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein, when the marker representing information to be provided of the greatest weight is touched, an information list of markers with a lower priority are displayed.

10. An apparatus comprising:

a display; and

a processor configured;

to determine a user'"'"'s profile to set a weight to information to be provided corresponding to the user'"'"'s profile, and

to present via the display at least one marker representing the information to be provided.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the at least one marker is differentially displayed based on at least one of the users current distance from the at least one marker or the users profile.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the weight is updated in real time according to changes to at least one of a class of a user that provides the information to be provided in the subscribed service, responsiveness to the information to be provided, a last update of the information to be provided, an expiration time of the information to be provided, and user'"'"'s profile.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the user'"'"'s profile comprises at least one of the user'"'"'s name, gender, height, age, nickname, education level, tastes, preferences, or interests.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein markers of the same weight are displayed differentially according to a distance between a current location of the user in the map and a location of the markers in the map.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the at least one marker is displayed differentially in at least one of size, color, shape, and transparency.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein, if a plurality of neighboring markers are displayed overlapped, the plurality of neighboring markers are displayed differentially in at least one of size, color, shape and transparency.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein only a marker representing information to be provided of greatest weight is displayed.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein, when the displayed marker representing information to be provided of the greatest weight is touched, an information list of the at least on marker with lower priority is displayed.

19. A machine-readable storage device storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

determining a user'"'"'s profile;

setting a weight to information to be provided corresponding to the user'"'"'s profile; and

displaying on a map, markers representative of the information to be provided based on the weight.